Writing a web.config file.. question mark problem

[penseur11]

Hi,

I'm trying to write a new web.config file using VB in ASP.net. I am trying to set access permissions, but it won't let me use the question mark to denote: <deny users="?" /> in the authorization tag. Is there an alternative to this or a different encoding I should be using for this character?

My specific error: The '?' character cannot be used here.

Thanks for any replies

        'Create file, overwrite if exists
        'enc is encoding object required by constructor
        'It is null, so default encoding is used
        Dim objXMLTW As New XmlTextWriter((MapPath(".") & "\basic\" & fold & "\" & "web.config"), Nothing)
        objXMLTW.WriteStartDocument()
        'Top level (Parent element)
        objXMLTW.WriteStartElement("configuration")
 
        'Child elements, from request form
        objXMLTW.WriteStartElement("system.web")
        objXMLTW.WriteStartElement("auhorization")
        objXMLTW.WriteString("deny users="?"")
        objXMLTW.WriteEndElement()
        objXMLTW.WriteEndElement()
        objXMLTW.WriteEndElement() 'End top level element
        objXMLTW.WriteEndDocument() 'End Document
        objXMLTW.Flush() 'Write to file
        objXMLTW.Close()

[ThatThatGuy]

@penseur11
Wnat's that Question mark, is it really a question mark or some unicode char

[penseur11]

In this circumstance, in the xml file, it denotes an anonymous user. Just trying to deny access to anonymous users...but not working when I try to write it into the file.

[Frinavale]

Look at the output produced...I'm sure that something's invalid that is causing your problem.

-Frinny